What is the distance between here and there, between now and then, between right and wrong? In Greg Baxter's pellucid first novel, 'The Apartment,' it may be simply the length of a day - but a day in which one travels surprisingly far, literally and figuratively. Stacey D'Erasmo apartmentbaxterday share on social
On a deeper level, there's a level of privacy that I need in order to work, and if there's been a time when there's been a lot of publicness in my life, it can be a little bit difficult to sort of rebuild that private space. Stacey D'Erasmo bitedeepdifficult share on social
In my family, we were on again off again Unitarians, partly because my father, raised Roman Catholic, had had enough of church. Stacey D'Erasmo catholicchurchfamily Change image and share on social
In my darker moments, I feel like the Queen of England, bound and gagged by reverence. Tin-crowned and irrelevant. Stacey D'Erasmo bindcrowndark Change image and share on social
One of the things I've always loved about queer culture is the openness and passionate curiosity about love, desire and the myriad forms of affectionate ties. Stacey D'Erasmo affectionateculturecuriosity Change image and share on social
I'm not a parent, but it seems to me the nature of parenting is contingent, full of unexpected challenges - which is one of the wonderful and amazing things about it. Stacey D'Erasmo amazechallengecontingent Change image and share on social
I don't know if my faith stems from what I'd call unconditional love, but the energy certainly feels boundless. Stacey D'Erasmo boundlesscallenergy Change image and share on social
'The Girls' tells the story of Rose and Ruby Darlen, who are not only literally but spiritually attached for eternity. Born joined at the head in 1974 to a feckless teenage mother who abandons them, and reared by a delightfully open-minded adoptive couple, the Darlen girls are darling girls, indeed. Stacey D'Erasmo abandonadoptiveattach share on social
A lot of first novels are coming-of-age stories. A lot are autobiographical. Stacey D'Erasmo ageautobiographicalcome Change image and share on social
Emotional grandeur, rendered in the vernacular, has been Mona Simpson's forte. In her novels, 'Anywhere but Here,' 'The Lost Father' and 'A Regular Guy,' Simpson wrote wide and long and high about the most profound human bonds: parents and children lost each other, found each other, lost each other again, but differently. Stacey D'Erasmo bondchilddifferently share on social